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Powerful Quake Ravages Turkey City

ISTANBUL— The death toll from a new earthquake in eastern Turkey rose to 10 on Thursday, more than two weeks after a major 7.2 magnitude tremor had killed hundreds across the area.

It wasn't immediately known how many people were inside the collapsed buildings when the latest quake struck some 10 miles (16 kilometers) outside the provincial capital Van at 9:23 pm on Wednesday night.

Turkey's emergency agency AFAD said in a...

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